Keisha Lance Bottoms will be Georgia’s next governor in historic win

By: Alander Rocha, Ariel Hart

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 1,276

Last Updated: 5 days, 16 hours ago

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Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, will be the first Democrat to occupy Georgia’s top office in more than two decades and the first Black woman governor anywhere in the country.

Bottoms defeated her Republican opponent, healthcare executive Rick Jackson, who was endorsed by both outgoing Gov. Brian Kemp and President Donald Trump and who spent $200 million of his own money on the race.

The Associated Press called …

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